Duties & responsibilities * Acts as analyst for infrastructure and project finance credit ratings, with a focus on asset-based and project finance transactions * Performs analysis and research on new and existing infrastructure and project finance transactions in different sectors, under appropriate senior guidance * Analysis involves quantitative and qualitative aspects and may require visiting project sites around Europe * Reviews project agreements, financing documents, key contracts and legal frameworks to identify structural strengths and weaknesses of the rated credit exposure * Supports the definition of stress assumptions for the assessment of performance under credit impairment event scenarios * Modifies and runs project cash-flow models to incorporate the relevant stresses and obtains the expected loss under stress of rated instruments under different scenarios * Contributes to rating reports and sector research on credit risk in the context of infrastructure and project finance and its trends * Participates in rating committees and may present analytical findings * Supports investor, issuer and sponsor outreach and the development of sector expertise * 4+ years of post-graduate professional experience in a major rating agency, bank, financial advisory firm or investor credit risk team, with a clear focus on infrastructure and project finance * Good financial modelling skills, including the ability to analyse project cash flows and apply rating stresses under appropriate senior guidance * Knowledge of and relevant experience in at least one infrastructure and project finance sector; rolling stock experience is an advantage * Bachelor's or master's degree in engineering, business, economics, finance or a related quantitative discipline, complemented with rigorous education in finance * Familiarity with project finance funding instruments such as term loans, project bonds and revolving facilities * Understanding of the relevant legal and regulatory environme

📌 Senior Analyst (Madrid)
🏢 Scope Ratings
📍 Madrid